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BRIEF GUIDE 



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PLYMOUTH 



For AUTOMOBILISTS For PEDESTRIANS 




Giving the history and the location 
of the principal places of interest 

PLYMOUTH ROCK, THE MONUMENT 

PILGRIM HALL, BURIAL HILL 

OLD HOUSES, HARBOR, ETC. 




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Copyright 1913 by 
KENNETH COLE, PLYMOUTH, MASS. 





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AYe carry a full line of souvenirs 
and local postal cards. 

SMITH'S NEWS ROOM, 

50 Main Street, 

Plymoutli. 



Plymoutli Garage & 



Maciiine Shop Co. 

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AND REPAIRED. 

Oxy-Acetylene Welding and 
Machine Work a Specialty. 

AUTO SUPPLIES. 

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PILGRIM GARAGE 

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5 and 7 Passeng-er Cars for Hire. 

STORAGE, REPAIRING & SUPPLIES 
Stock of Firestone, Goodrich, Goodyear Tires & Tubes 

Rear of Tabitha Flasket Tea Room. 



II A. Complete Trip || 
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(Further information about most of the 
places printed in italics zvill be found 
on other pages of this Guide.) 

Starting from Plymouth Rock with 
Cole's Hill on the right, turn up the 
first street to the right. This is Leyden 
Street. Half way up the hill, on the 
left, is the site of the First or Common 
House. On reaching the car line several 
points of interest may be seen from the 
corner. In front, at the head of Ley- 
den street, is Tozvn Square. The build- 
ings on the Square are the Unitarian 
Church, The Church of the Pilgrimage, 
the Town House, and the Governor 
Bradford Building. The sites of the 
First Meeting House and Governor 
Bradford's House are recorded by tab- 
lets on the last named building. On 
the right is the main business street of 
the town. On the left is the Baptist 
Church, which is the site of the new 
Post-office Building. The water flowing 
from the pipes is from Pilgrim Spring. 



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KEY TO MAP. 
Pilgrim Monumnt. 
R. R. Station. 
Pilgrim Hall. 
County Court House. 
Burial Hill. 

Site of Gov. Bradford's House. 
Pilgrim Spring. 
Site of First House. 
Cole's Hill. 
Plymouth Rock. 
Watson's Hill. 

Training Green and Soldier's Menu- 
lent. 
Plymouth Garage. 
Harlow House. 
Pilgrim Garage. 
Howland House, 1666. 



Turn to the left and follow the car 
line. Just beyond the foot of the hill, 
on the right, is the Howland House, 
i666. At the top of the next hill, on 
the right, is Training Green, so called 
because it was formerly used as a 
training ground by the soldiers. About 
a quarter of a mile farther, the second 
building on the right after passing the 
Ply>nouth Garage is the Harlow House, 
1677. 

Return to Plymouth Rock and with 
Cole's Hill on the left, pass up the first 
street which is North Street. The large 
yellow house on the right, half way up 
the hill is the Winslozv House, 1754. A 
little farther on the left, is the Public 
Library. At the head of North Street 
on the left corner is an old house built 
in 1730. It was occupied by General 
John Winslow, second in command of 
the expedition against the Acadians. 
Turning to the right you enter Court 
Street. On the left you pass the County 
Court House. Near it are the Old 
County Jail and the Registry of Deeds 
Building. 

A short distance farther on Court 
Street, on the right, is Pilgrim Hall. 
About one-quarter of a mile beyond 
Pilgrim Hall take the first street to the 
left after passing the Sa)noset House 
which is also on the left. At the head 
of this street turn to the right, which 
leads to the National Monument to the 
Forefathers. On leaving the monument 
turn to the right and follow this street. 
At its head is the rear entrance to Bur- 
ial Hill. Take any street to the left to 
again reach Court Street 
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II Places of Historic || 
II Interest to Visit || 




PLYMOUTH ROCK. 

The portion of this historic rock now 
in view under the Canopy has been in 
this position only since 1880. This por- 
tion is about one third of the whole 
rock, the remainder being directly be- 
neath. In 1620 the rock was in the 
same position as it is now, except that 
it was lower down by about eight feet. 
It was raised from its original position 
in the year 1741 in order to save it from 
being buried by the building of a wharf 
around it. The rock was positively 
identified at this time by Thomas Faunce 
who was born in 1646. When he was a 
youth, his father, who came over in the 
ship Anne in 1623, told him repeatedly 
the story of the landing of the Pilgrims. 
Some of the Pilgrims themselves point- 
ed the rock out to him and told him of 
their landing upon it. For this reason 
he loved and respected the rock and in 
1741 when he heard that it was about 
to be biiried, although then an old man 
ninety-five years of age, he had his sons 
carry him down to the shore. There he 
told a large crowd of people the story 
of the rock as related by his father and 
the Pilgrims. With tears in his eyes 
he begged them to respect and preserve 
it, which they did. 



In 1775 at the beginning of the Revo- 
lution the men planned to move the rock 
to Town Square, in the centre of the 
town, thinking that enthusiasm could be 
aroused by holding enlistments around 
it. In raising the rock it was split, and 
only the upper portion was moved to 
the square. It was drawn by a yoke of 
twenty oxen. The splitting of the boul- 
der was taken as an omen signifying 
that the colonies would succeed in sepa- 
rating themselves from the mother 
country. In the year 1834 the part of 
the rock in Town Square was moved 
to Pilgrim Hall and enclosed by the 
iron fence which now surrounds the 
Compact Memorial. In 1880 it was 
carried back to the original spot and 
joined to the other portion, over which 
the Canopy had been erected in 1867. It 
is said that a policeman stood over the 
masons who joined the two pieces in 
order to keep people from taking the 
chips. The gates of the Canopj' are 
locked every night to protect the rock 
from unscrupulous souvenir hunters. In 
the top of the Canopy there is a hollow 
place in which rest the remains of five 
skeletons which were found on Cole's 
Hill in 1855, which experts have de- 
clared are the bones of white men. 
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COLE'S HILL. 

Directly above the rock is Cole's Hill, 
the first l)urying ground of the Pil- 
grims. All the Pilgrims who died the 
first winter were Ijuried on this hill. 
When spring came those who survived 
planted corn on the graves so that the 
Indians would not know how many had 
died. In 1883 more bones were discov- 
ered on the hill, and instead of being 
put with the others in the Canopy over 
the rock, they were placed in the spot 
where they were found, and a tablet 
was placed over the graves, which may 



were built on this street. It was well 
protected by the fort on Burial Hill. 
On the corner of Leyden and Main 
Streets there is a public drinking foun- 
tain. This is the well known Pilgrim 
Spring. The spring itself is on the 
banks of Town Brook, the water being 
pumped up. This corner is the site of 
a large Federal building, which is to be 
erected in the near future. 

TOWN SQUAEE. 

At the head of Leyden Street is Town 
Square. It was here that part of the 
rock rested from 1775 to 1834. At the 




Town Brook. 
Courtesy of P.. & P. St. Ry. Co. 



now be seen there. The Lind;n tree 
standing on the corner of the Hill is 
said to have been planted in the year 
1809. 

LEYDEN STREET. 

Extending from the water side to 
Town Square at the foot of Burial Hill 
is Leyden Street. This street was orig- 
inally named First Street. Since then 
it has been called Great Street and 
Broad Street. In 1823 it was named 
Leyden Street by the town, in honor of 
the tovvn in Holland in which the Pil- 
grims lived from 1609 to 1620. On one 
of the houses on Leyden Street there 
is a tablet marking the site of the First 
or Common House. All the first houses 
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head of the square is the Unitarian 
Church. The present building was com- 
pleted in 1899. At the left of the Uni- 
tarian Church is the Congregational 
Church, called the "Church of the Pil- 
grimage." The present church was 
built in 1840. 

Below this church is a large brick 
block, built in 1905, which is called the 
Governor Bradford building. Upon it 
are tablets marking the site of the First 
Meeting-house, built in 1638, and the 
house of Governor Bradford. 

Opposite the Congregational Church 
is a large wooden building which is 
now (1913) the Town House. It was 
built in 1749, and from then to 1820 it 



was the county court house. In 1820 
the town bought the building and has 
used it ever since as the Town House. 

OLD HOUSES. 

The oldest hcnsc i'l Piymouth still 
standing is the Crewe house, built in 
1664. It is located abcut two miles 
from the centre of the town, near the 
Cordage Company. 

The Hcwiand hous'\ 1666, is the only 
house new standing in which it is 
known that any Pilgrim has entered 
It was occupied by Jabez, the son of 
John Hcwiand, the Pilgrim, while the 



is the Winslcw house, built by Edward 
Winslcw in the year 1754. The frame 
of the house was made in England. It 
is said that the carpenters who erected 
the frame made a mistake and put it 
together upside down, so that the walls 
in the rooms upstairs are higher than 
the walls in the rooms downstairs. Ralph 
Waldo Emerson married Lydia Jack- 
sen in this house in the year 1832. Her 
brother. Dr. Jackson, who discovered 
the use of ether as an anaesthetic, occu- 
pied the house almost opposite the Wins- 
lcw house, which is called the Jackson 




v'ohn Alden House, Duxbury. 
Courtesy of Nantasket Steamboat Co. 



latter was still living, so that it is very 
probable that the father came to this 
house many times. 

General John Winslcw, who removed 
the Acadians from Nova Scotia, occu- 
pied the house on the corner of North 
and Main streets, built in 1730. James 
Warren, President of the Provincial 
Ccngrcss also lived there. 

The Harlcw house, 1677, was built 
part'y of timbers from the old fort on 
Burial Hill. 

THE WINSLOW HOUSE. 

The large yellow house on Winslow 
Street, easily seen from North Street, 



house. The chair in which he is said 
to have sat while making the discovery 
is now down stairs in Pilgrim Hall. 

THE COUNTY BUILDINGS. 

The Court House is on Court Street, 
abeut four minutes walk from the 
Winslow House or Plymouth Rock. It 
was built in 1820 and was extensively al- 
tered in 1857. 

Until 1904 this was also used as a 
Registry of Deeds. In 1904 the new 
Registry of Deeds building was erected 
opposite the Court House on Russell 
Stree t. 

In the rear of the Court House is a 



large brick building, formerly the Coun- 
ty Jail, but now used as tlie Plymoutb 
Police Station. A new County Jail was 
erected in tbe south part of the town in 
1910, where the prisoners are kept busy 
working on the county farm. 

PILGEIM HALL. 

Pilgrim Hall was erected in the year 
1824 by the Pilgrim Society. In 1880 
it was rebuilt, so as to make it fire- 
proof, at an expense of about $15,000. A 
fire-proof annex for the Society's valu- 
able library was added in 1904. Since 
then the whole interior of the Hall has 



in the United States ; A copy of the 
first edition of Monrt's Relation, writ- 
ten in Plymouth in 1620-1, and published 
in England in 1622 ; The chairs of Gov- 
ernor Carver and Elder Brewster; The 
cradle of Peregrine White, the trrst 
"White" child born in America ; The 
original manuscript of "The Breaking 
Waves Dashed High" ; The first vol- 
ume of the Ancient Records of the First 
Church; Eliot's Indian Bible of which 
there are probobly not more than four or 
five copies now existing. The collec- 
tion of portraits and pictures is very in- 




Pilgrim 
Courtesy of B. & 

been changed, and now it is entirely 
fire-proof. Visitors are admitted daily 
during regular hours (except Sundays 
in the winter season), the charge being 
tweaty-five cents. 

Among the interesting old relics are : 
The Bible of Governor Bradford, 
printed in 1592; The sword of Captain 
Myles Standish ; A Commission bearing 
the date 1654 issued by Oliver Cromwell 
to Ed^vard Winslow and others, ap- 
pointing them as arbitrators between 
the English Nation and the United 
Provinces of Holland; The first patent 
granted to the Plymouth colonists in 
1621, the oldest state paper in existence 



Hall. 

P. St. Ry. Co. 

teresting and valuable. It includes the 
original portraits of Governor Edward 
Winslow, his son, Governor Josiali 
Winslow, and Jcsiah's wife, Penelope. 
These were probably painted in 1651. 

There is a large picture of the Land- 
ing by Henry Sargent, an amateur art- 
ist of Boston ; a large copy of Wier's 
Embarkation from Delft Haven, from 
the original now in Washington, D. C. ; 
and the original painting of the Em- 
barkation by Charles Lucy. 

Downstairs in the Hall is the frame 
of a vessel, the "Sparrowhawk," which 
was wrecked on Cape Crd in 1626 and 
buried in the sand. In 1863 it was ex- 
humed by a storm. 



THE NATIONAL MONUMENT 
TO THE FOREFATHERS. 

'1 Iiis mominieiil is considered, i)\' go(;d 
authorities, to be the finest as w.ll as 
the largest piece of granite statuary ii 
tlie world. It was designed by Ham- 
matt Billings. Mcney to pay for it 
was solicited all over the country. The 
monument was dedicated in the year 
1889. 

The principal figure is Faith. Tier 
feet rests on Pl3'mouth Rock. In her 
left hand she holds a Bilile and her 



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1 In se four figures were each made 
fr. in a single jiiece of granite and are 
sixteen feet in lieight 

Upon tl:e faces of the four projecting 
pedastals are alto-reliefs representing; 
the Departure from Delft Haven — the 
Signing of the Compact — the Landing 
at Plymouth — and the Treaty with the 
Indians. 

During a severe thund:r storm in the 
summer cf 1912 the monument was 
i^truck by lightning and a number of 
the sections of the figure of Faith were 
disturbed. The difficult work of re- 
pairing the statue was very successfully 
accomplished without taking apart, and 
new there is hardly any trace of the 
damage visible from the ground. 

Belcw are a few dimensions of the 
figure cf Faith : 







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Fa'th Monument. 
Courtesy of B. & P. St. Ry. Co. 

riglit hand is printing to Heaven. This 
statue alone ccst over $30,030, and was 
given by Oliver Ames. It is made cf 
fourteen separate pieces of granite and 
weighs about 175 tons. 

The small figures are of Freed. im. 
Morality, Law, and Education. On 
cither side of each of thsee statues, in 
small niches, are various smaller figur.;s 
including Peace, under the protection of 
Freedom, and Tyranny overthrown by 
it; Wisdom ripe with years, and Youth 
led by Experience; Justice and M-ercy ; 
a prophet, and one of the Evangelists. 



Clarke's Island. 
Courtesy of B. & P. St. Ry. Co. 

Height, 36 feet; Wrist, 4 feet in cir- 
eumfrrence; Nose, i foot. 4 inches in 
'.ength; Forefinger, 201-2 inches in cir- 
cumference; Arm, 19 feet 10 1-2 inches 
long; Neck, 9 feet 2 inches in circum- 
ference. 

Frcm the monument cue has a fine 
view cf 

THE HARBOR. 

The Icng narnvv sand bar in the fore- 
ground is Plymouth Beach. This was 
frrmerly ccv^-red with summer cottages. 
They were destroyed in the November 
gale of i8g8. 

Of the pieces of land beyond the 

Beach, the one that projects the farthest 

from the mainland is the Gurnet, which 

was named frcm a similarly shaped 

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headland in England called by the same 
name. The land to the left of the Gur- 
net is called Saquish, an Indian word 
meaning "many clams." To the left of 
Saquish is Clarke's Island, named for 
John Clarke, the mate on the Mayflow- 
er. Still further to the left is Duxbury. 



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Myles Standish Monumer.t, Duxbury. 
Courtesy of Nai.ta&ket Steamboat Co. 



which is noticeable for the tall shaft 
with the figure of Myles Standish at 
the top. The home of Myles Standish 
was in Duxbury. 

BURIAL HILL. 

The oldest marked grave on the hill 
is Governor Bradford's. His grave is 
on the top of the hill jmd is marked by 
an obelisk erected about 1825. It is not 
known positively just where Governor 
Bradford was buried, but it is probable 
that he was buried near wliere the mon- 
ument now is. The Hebrew inscription 
on the north side of the monument is 
said to mean, "Jehovah is our help," 
and the translation of the Latin is, 
"What our Fathers with great difficulty 
accomplished, let us not basely relin- 
quish." The rest of the inscription on 
the north side is as follows : 

larder this stone rest the ashes of 
WILI m BRADFORD a zealous puritau 
:ind sincei'e christian Cov. of Ply. Gol. 
from April 1621 to 1657 [the year he died 
aged 6 ] except 5 yrs. which he declined. 

B-side the grave of the Governor is 
tlie original stone marking the grave of 
his son. The inscription is given be- 
low : 

Here I'es the body of ye honorable 
Major William Bradford who expired 
• eh. ye 20th ITf^S-t, apred 79 yrs. 

He I'ved long but still was doing good 
& in his cou try's service lost much blood; 

j^fter a life well spent he's now at rest 

His very 1 ame and memory is blest. 




Bur:al Hin. 

Courte.sv of B. & P. St. Ry. Co. 

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MAP or 

BURIAL HILL 

PLYMOUTH 



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TOWN 
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TO LOCATION OF 
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SITE OF FIRST 
MECTINO-HOUSE 



SITE OF GOVERNOR 
BRADFORD'S HOUSE 



I. Gov. Wm. Bradford 
Z-Slte of Old Fort 

3. Site of iMj-tch House 

4. Edward Gray 
SJohn Horrhnd 
&William Crowe 

7. Thomas Cushman 
& Thomas Clarh 

9. Hannah How/and 

10. Magee Monument 
II.DrFranas Le Baron 
/2. TTiomas Faunce 

13. Sarah" Spoaner 



K Andrew Farm// 
IS.Iirs. Mehltable Atnvod 
/&/kv. Chandler ffobbins 
n.N.JacHson (l^sonic^ 
18. Fannie Cromb/e 
laFUV. Jackson 
BQJosiah Coffon 
2LJoftn Fyder 
8Z.CapT. Simeon Saa^aon 
ZiBamsheba J. Holmes 
24 Rev. James Hendall 
2SJoseph Barr/eft 
26. Gen. Jas. Mirren 



Near the Cushman monument is a 
marble tablet marking the site of the 
Old Fort built in 1621. It was right at 
the head of Leyden Street and protected 
it very well. It was from here that the 
Indians were first seen on Watson's Hill. 
Until 1638 the church services were prob- 
ably held in the Fort. 

Not far from the site of the Fort is 
a similar tablet marking the site of the 



Watch House. This was erected in 1643. 
It was used as a look-out for Indians. 
At the foot of the hill near the main 
entrance is a shed in which is kept a 
very interesting old hearse which is well 
worth seeing. It was built about 1825. 

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Quaint ELpitapKs 




[Oldest Marked Grave] 
Under this stone rest the ashes ot 
WILiLm BRAD. ORD a zeaious puritan 
and sincere christian Gov. of Ply. Col. 
from April 1621 to 1657 [the year he died 
aged 6i(] except 5 yrs. which he declined. 

[Son of Gov. Bradford and an Indian 
Fighter.] 

Here lies the body of ye honorable 
Major William Bradford who expired 
Feb. ye 20th 1703-4, aged 79 yrs. 

He lived long but still was doing good 
& in his country's service lost much blood; 

After a life well spent he's now at rest 

His very name and memory is blest. 

[Oldest Original Stone] 
Here Lyeth ye Body of EDWARD 
GRAY, Gent. Aged about 52 years & 
Departed this life ye Last of June 1681. 

Here ended the Pilgrimage of JOHN 
HOWLAND who died February 23, 1672-3 
aged above 80 years. He married Eliza- 
beth, daughter of JOHN TILLEY who 
same with him in the Mayflower Dec. 
1620. From them are descended a num- 
erous posterity. 

"Hee was a godly man and an ancient 
professor in the wayes of Christ. Hee 
was one of the first comers into this 
land and was the last man that was left 
of those that came over in the Shipp 
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called the Mayflower that lived in Ply- 
mouth." — Plymouth Records. 

Here Ives bur'ed ye body of Mr. 
WILLIAM CROWE Aged about 55 
years who deed January 1683-4. 

Here lyeth buried ye body of that 
precious servant of God, Mr. THOM.\S 
CUSHMAN, who after he had served 
his generation according to the will of 
(lOd, and particularly the church of 
Plymouth for many years in the ofllce 
of a ruleing elder fell asleep in Jesus 
Decmr ye 10, 161)1 & In ye 84 year of 
his age. 

[Original Stone of the "Mate of the 
Mavflower"] 

Here lyes ye body of Mr. THOMAS 
CLARK aged P8 years departed this 
life March ye 24th 16a7. 

To the memory of Miss Hannah How- 
land who died of a Languishment, 
January ye 25th 1780 AEtatis 26. 
For us they languish, & for us they die 
And shall they languish, shall they die in 
vain? 

[The death of the following is depicted 
In "Dr. LeBaron and His Daughters." 
One of the seamen is said to have 
been the lover of Miss Hannah How- 
land whore epitaph is given above.] 



In memory of Seventy two Seamen 
who perished in Plymouth harbor on ihe 
26, and 27 days of December, 1778, on 
board the private armed Brig, Gen. 
Arr.old, of twenty guns, James Magee of 
Boston, Commander, sixty of whom were 
buried on this spot. 
"Oh falsely flattering were yon billows 

smooth 
When forth, elated, sailed in evil hour 
That vessel whose disastrous fate, when 

told, 
Fill'd every breast with sorrow and eacn 

eye 
With piteous tears." 

[The Hero of "A Nameless Nobleman."] 
Here lyes ye body of Mr. FRANCI.^ 
LEBARRAN pliytician who departed 
this life Augst ye 18th 1704, in ye 36 
years of his age. 

[The grave of Elder Faunce, to whom 
we are indebted for the history of 
the Plymouth Rock and for its 
preservation.] 

Here lyes buried the Body of Mr. 
THOMAS FAUNCE ruling Elder of thi> 
first Church of CHRIST in Plymouth 
deceased Fcbry 27th An: Dom. 1745-6 
in the 9fith year of his age. 

The fathers where are they? 
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. 

Son of Capt. Ellis Brewster and Mrs. 
Nancy his wife died Dec. 13 1800 aged 
4 years. 

He listen'd for a while to hear 
Cur mortal griefs, then tun'd his ear 
To a 'gel harps and pongs and cried 
To join their notes celestial, sigh'd and 
dy'd. 

Here lies Interred 

The Body of Mrs. 

SARAH SPOON- 

ER who dece- 

afed January 

ye 25th A. D. 1767 

In the 72d year of 

her age. Sh e ws 

widow to iSlilP" 

[Pointing to the next stone.] 

THOMAS SPOONER. 

ANDREW FARRELL, of respectable 
connections in IRELAND, aged 38 years, 
Ow: er ard Commarder of the ship 
Hibernia, sailed from Boston Jany 26 
And was wrecked on Plymouth Beach 
Jany. 28 1805. His remains With five 
of seven seamen Who perished with him 
are here interred. 

O piteous lot of man's uncertain state! 
What woes on life's eventful journey 

wait! 
By sea what treacherous calms, what 

sudden storms! 
And death attendant in a thousand 

forms. 

Erected to the memory of Mrs. 

MEHITVBLE wife of Capt. Thos At- 

wood who died Jan 14, 1801 in the 38 

year of her age. In early life her feeble 



constitution gave pairful premonitiors 
of her early exit. She however unex- 
pectedly passed the meridian of life, dis- 
charging in a very laudable manner 
filial, parental & conjugal duties. At 
length the seeds of death were planted 
in her vitals she sickened, languished & 
expired in hopes of a blessed immortality. 

Short is our longest day of life, 

And soon its prospect ends. 

Yet on that day's uncertain date 

Eternity depends. 

This Stone Consecrated to the memory 
of the Revd Chandler Robbins D D was 
erected By the inhabitants of the first 
Re'igious Society in Plymouth As their 
last grateful tribute of Respect For his 
eminent labors In the ministry of JESUS 
Christ Which commenced January 30th 
1760 And continued till his death June 
30th 17:»9 AEtatis 61. When he entered 
into everlasting rest Prepared for the 
fftithful ambassadors Of the most high 
God. 
Ah come heaven's radiant Offspring 

hither throng 
Behold your prophet your Elijah fled 
Let sacred symphony attune each tongue 
To chant hosannahs with the virtuous 

dead. 

(The inscription on the stone said to be 
the oldest Masonic Sto^e in this country.) 

Here lyes buried The Bodv of Mi. • 
Nath. Jackson. Who died July ye 14th 
1743 in the 79th year of his age. 

In memory of Four Children of Mr. 
Zacheus Kempton & Sarah his wife viz 
Sally, as'ed 36 years, Charles, aged 21 
years, Woodard, aged 17 years, Robin- 
so'\ aged 2 years. They died between 
1802 & 1820. 

Stop, traveler, and shed a tear 
Upon the sod of Children dear. 

Died Captain Simeon Sampson June 

22, 1721 Aged fifty three years. 

O ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains 

Draw near with pious reverence and at- 
tend 

Here lie the loving Husband's dear re- 
mains. 

The tender Father and the courteous 
friend. 

The dauntless heart yet touched by 
human woe, 

A Friend to man, to vice alone a Foe. 

To the memory of Mr. Moses Breck 
who departed this life May 1st 1807 in 
the 40th year of his age. 
Strangers and friends while you gaze on 

my urn, 
Remember death will call you in your 

turn. 
Therefore prepare to meet your God on 

high 
When he ri#es through the upper sky. 

In memory of Mary Simmons God- 

dard Daughter of Mr. Daniel & Mrs. 

Beulah Goddard who died Octr 19th 

1718, aged 3 years. 10 months, & 19 days. 

Here lies the flower of our youth. 

Great God forgive our morning sin! 

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Sacred to the memory of Phebe -1 
Bramhall. A native of Virginia & wife 
of Benjn Bramhall Jun who died August 
27, 1817, aged 21 years. 
Possess'd of an amiable disposition, She 
endeared herself to all around her 
"but" 
Weep not for her, in her Springtime he 

flew 
To that land, where the wings of the 

soul are unfurl'd. 
And now, like a star, beyond evening's 

cold dew 
Looks radiantly down on the tears of 

this world. 

In memory of Mrs. Polly Ho'.mes wife 
of Joseph Holmes who died July 3rd, 1794, 
aged 26 years. 

Death is a debt to nature due. 
Which I have paid and so must you. 

In Memory of Mr. William Hueston, 
who died Dec. 25, 1804 Aged 79 years. 
Fled from the rageing storms of time. 
And wafted to a warmer clime. 

In memory of John W. Howard son 
of Capt. James Howard & Mrs. Hannah 
his wife born March 20, 1815, died April 
2 1815. 

He glarc'd into the world to see 

A sample of our misery. 

In memory of William Brewster Son 
of Capt. William Brewster & Mrs. Eliza- 
beth his wife died April 5th, 1804 aged 1 
year, 5 months and 17 days. 

The father and the children dead 

We hope to heaven their souls are fled 

The widow now alone is left 

Of all her family bereft. 

May she now put her trust in God 

To heal the wounds made by his rod. 

In memory of Ezra Thayer Jackson 
son of Mr. Thomas Jackson 2d & Mrs. 
Lucy his wife who died Novr 23d 1783 
Aged 25 days. 

What did the Little hasty Sojourner 
find so forbidding & disgustful in our 
upper World to occasion his precipitant 
exit? 

MARY 
widow of Elder Cushman and daughter of 

ISTac Mlerton, 
Died-XXVIII-November, MDCXCIX, aged 

about -XC-years, 

The last survivor of the first comers in 

the Mayflower. 

F. W. Jackson Obiit March 23 17'^ 
Aged One Year 7 days. 
Hcav'n krows What man 
He might have made. But we, 
He died a most rare boy. 

To the memory of Priscilla Davea 
daughter of Capt. Robert and Mrs. Jeru- 
fha Davea who died Octr 11, 1802 aged 
1 year 7 mo- ths & 11 days. 
Babes rather caught from Womb and 

breft 
Claim a Right to fing above the reft; 
Because they found that happv snore, 
They never faw nor faugh t be'fore. 
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In memory of Frederick son of Mr. 
Thomas Jackson and Mrs. Lucy his wife 
who died March J5, J788, aged J year & 
5 days. 

O! happy Probationer! accepted with 
out being exercised, it was thy peculiar 
Privilege not to feel the slightest of 
those Evils, which oppress thy surviv- 
ing kindred. 

In Memory of Mr. JOSEPH PLASKET 

who died August 1, A. D. 1794 in the 48 

year of his age. 
All you that doth behold my stone 
Consider how soon I was gone 
Death does not always warning give. 
Therefore be careful how you live. 
Repent in time, no time delay 
I in my prime was called away. 
[The above epitaph was written by 

Mrs. Tabitha Plasket who was the wife 

of the deceased. After her husband's 

dealh she became a school teacher. She 

wrote the epitaph below for her own 

stone.] 

In memory of Mrs. Tabitha Plasket 

who died June 10, 1807, aged 64 years. 

Adieu, vain world, I have seen enough of 
thee 

And I am careless what thou say'st of 
me 

Thy smiles I wish not; 

Nor thy frowns I fear, 

I am now at rest, my head lies quiet 
here. 

In memory of Elizabeth Savery wife of 
Lemuel Savery who died August 1, 1831, 
aged 71 years. 

Remember me as you pass by; 

As you are now so once was I; 

As I am row so you must be. 

Prepare for death and follow me. 

To the memory of Mr. John Ryder 
who dec. March the 11 1756 aged 47 
years Wanting 4 days. 

Sacred to the memory of MISS SALLY 
C. ROBBINS dau'r of Capt. Samuel & 
Mrs. Sarah Bobbins. She deceased by a 
fall from a chaise, Aug. 14, 1828, aged 
25 years, 5 months and 10 days. 
Our hon^e is in the grave; 
Here dvyfells the multitude; we gaze 

around. 
We read their monuments, we sigh, and 
while we sigh, we sink. 

This stone is erected to the memory 
of that unbiased Judge, faithful officer, 
sincere friei.d a*"d honest man Col. 
Isaac Lothrop, who resigned his life on 
'he 26th day of April, 1750, in the forty- 
third year of his age. 

Had Virtue's charms the power to save 
Its faithful Votaries fiom the giave. 
This stone had ne'er possessed the fame 
Of being marked with Lothrop's name. 

I am erected by Josieh Cotton Esq in 
remimbra ee of Rachel his pious and 
Virtuous Wife, who died January 19th 
1808 aged 50 years. 
In belief of Christianity I lived 
In hope of a glorious Resurrection J 
died. 



To perpetuate the memory of Charles 
Henry Bacon, son of David Bacon and 
Mrs. Abigail his wife who died Septem- 
ber 20 1802 in the sixth year of his age. 
In early life prepared for Death, 
Heaven called and I resigned my breath. 
Weep rot, dear friends, your tears dis- 
miss. 
Nor wish me from the realms of Bliss. 

In memory of William Drew Tufts 
Son of .Joi a & Priscilla Tufts born Nov. 
9 17M Died at the Island of Cuba March 
21 1811 aged 19 years. 

Green as the bay tree, ever green, 

With its new foliage or, 
The you- g, the healthful 1 have seen, 
I pass'd, and they were gone. 

Consecrated to the memory of MRS. 
PECGY HOLBROOK wife of Mr. Jere- 
miah Holbrook who departed this life 
August 28th 1811 aged 26 years. 

Her amiable disposition endeared her 
to her friends and died lamented by all 
who knew her. 
Though harsh the strike and most severe 

the rod 
Cease, mourners. Cease, it was a strike 
from God. 

Here lyes ye body of William Ring 
who deed sum time in April 172J in ye 
77th year of his age. 

In memory of Deborah Lucas Daughter 
of Mr. Alden Lucas and Mrs. Deborah 
his wife Died July 24Lh 1810 aged 1 year 
& days. 
The irfant's soul has begot her clay; 

We hope to heaven has winged away. 

To the memory of Isaac Eames Cobb 
who was born Jan. 19, 1789, and died 
Jan. 14, 1821. 

Possess'd he talents ten, or five or one. 
The work he had to do that work was 

dore; 
Improv'd his mind, in wisdom's ways he 

trod. 
Reluctant died, but died resigned to God. 

In memory of Mr. Benjamin Harlow 
who died November 18th 1816 aged 34 
years. 

Friends and physician's could not save 
My mortal Pody from the Grave 
Nor can the Grave conflre me here 
When Christ the son of God appears. 

To the memory of Mrs. ANNA JACK- 
SCN, Obiit July 20, 17 4, Aged 18 years. 
Death is the privilege of human nature. 
And life without it were not worth our 

taking 
Thither the poor, the unfortunate, and 

^^ourner. 
Fly for relief & lay their burdens dowi'. 

To the memory of Alvan B. Holmes 
Fon of Ell's Holmes, Jr. & Catherine 
his wife died October 12, 1825, aged 2 
years ard 11 months. 

Sweet babe no more, but seraph now 
Pefore the throne behold him bow 
His soul enlara-ed to Argel size 
Joins in the triumph of the Skies. 



Here lyeth buried ye body of Joseph 
Bart'ett wiio departed this life April ye 
1 th 1703 in ye 38th year of his age. 

J B 

inousands of years after blest Abell's 

fall 
Twas said of him being dead he speaketh 

yet 
From silent grave methinks I hear a 

call 
Pray , fellow mortall, don't your death 

forget 

You that your eyes cast on this grave 

Know you a dying time must have. 

(A Copy of the original inscription of a 
gravestone now almost destroyed.) 
Here lyeth ten Children Viz three sons 
of Rev. Mr. John Cotton who Died in the 
Work of the Gospel Ministry at Charles- 
ton in South Carolina Sept. 18th 1699. 
Where he had great success and 7 sons 
of .Tosiah Cotton, Esq. who deceased in 
their infancy. 

To the memory of Lemuel Cobb Rcb- 
bins, son of Capt. Ansel Robbins and 
Hannah his wife who died Oct. 2nd 180J, 
aged 1 year 10 days. 

We have no reason for to mourn 
For god's will must be done 

He lent him for a little space 
Then sudden Called him home. 

Sacred to the memory of Mrs. ABI- 
GAIL widow of the late Rev. Adoniram 
Judson who died Jan. 31, 1842, aged 62 
years. 

Her hope was in the gospel of our 
Lord ard Savious Jesus Christ. She felt 
the balm and efficacy of those leaves 
which are for the healing of the na- 
tior s! 

A guilty weak and help'ess worm. 
On thy kind Arms I fall 

Be thou my guide and righteousness 
My Jesus and my all. 

To the memory of the amiable Mrs. 
Jane Dogget co'^sort of Mr. Seth Dog- 
get who died May 31 17P4 in the 26th 
year of her age. Also an infant Daughter 
by her side. 
Come view the seen twill fill you with 

surprise 
Behold the lovliest form in nature dies 
At noon she flourish'd blooming fair and 

gay 
At evening an extended corpse she lay. 

PATIENCE C. HOLMES,daug. of 
Nathan & Ruth Holmes, died April 1, 
1845, in her 24 y'r. 
Shed not for her the bitter tear 
Nor give the heart to vain regret 
'Tis but the casket that lies here 
The gem that fill'd it sparkles yet. 

In mem.ory of Ichabod Shaw Holmes 
son of Capt. Chandler Holmes and Mrs. 
Phebe his wife who died Novr. 1st 1802 
aged 1 year and 4 months. 

a 
Tho tender Parants have Scrse time to 

wipe 
Their weeping eyes, loe heaven cauls &. 
the other dies. 

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BATHSHEBA JAMES widow of Capl. 
William Holmes 3cl Mariner and daugh- 
ter to Capt. Josepli Doten Do. She was 
killed instantaneously in a thunder 
Strom bv the electrich fluid of lightning 
on the 6th of July 1S30 aged 35 years, 
and 26 days. 

She was an affectionate wife, a dutiful 
daughter, a happy mother, a kind and 
sincere friend. Alas, sweet Blossom, 
short was the period that thy enlivenmg 
virtues contributed to the happiness ot 
those connectioi.s: But oh, how long 
have they to mourn the loss of so much 
worth and Excellence. 
Farewell dear wife until that day more 

blest 
When if deserving I with thee shall rest. 
With thee shall rise, with thee shall 

live above 
In worlds of endless bliss and boundless 
love. 

Erected to the memory of Mr. William 
Keen who died Feb. 18, 1825, aged 6i 
This modest stone what few vain mar- 
bles can 
May truly say — Here lies an horest man. 
Calmly he looked on either life, and here 
Saw rothing to regret or there to fear. 
From Nature's temperate feast rose sat- 
isfied, 
Tharkcd heaven that he had lived, a: d 
that he died. 

Fannie Crcmbie daughter cf Mr. Calvii; 
Crombie & Mrs. Naomi his w.fe de- 
parted this life June 25th 1804 in the 8th 
year of her age. 

As yourg as beautiful! and soft as 
young 

And gay as soft! and innocent as gay. 



To the memory of Mrs. Sarah T. Rob- 
bins corfort of Mr. Jessie Bobbins who 
died Novr. 6th 1802 in the 24th year of 
her age. 
Here lies intombed within this house of 

clay 
The n ortal part of an er gaging wife 
Whofe virtue fho. e amid the blaze of 

day 
Whofe kind affection ended with her 

life. 

Till Gabriel's trumpet's animating found 
Bid foul aid body meet and reunite 
Heie reft in filence in the vaulted ground 
Then meet thy God with rapture & do- 
light. 



In the memory of THOMAS JACK 

SON Esqr. This monument is erected 

Obiit September 10, 17: 4, aged 67 years. 

The Spider's most attei uated thread 

Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie. 



Here lyes buried ye body of Mr. Thomas 
Little, Practitioi er in Physick & Chyrur- 
gery. Aged 58 years. Deed Decemr. ye 
22, 1712. 



Here lyes ye body of Mrs. HANNAH 
CLARK wife to Mr. William Clark deca 
Febry ye 20th 1687 in ye 2jth year of 
her age. 





Grave of Myles Standish, Duxb ry. 

(^ourtesy of B. & P. St. Ry. Co. 

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THERE IS 

HEALTH, LIFE AND STRENGTH 

UNDER THE PINES 



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Everybody welcomes the invigorating odor which greets them 
as they enter a grove of good old pine trees, and many a weak, dis- 
couraged invalid has found new life and new spirit from living 
among them with a soft bed of pine needles under and the pure air 
and starry heavens above. 



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There are wonderful healing properties in the Pine. From it 
have made a salve ; it is marvelous in its power ; we call it just 
what it is 

PINE NEEDLE SALVE 

It has no equal for Bums, Piles, Pimples, Eczema, Salt Rheum, 
or any Skin Troubles. You can buy it of your Druggist for 25 cents 
— you would not sell it at any price after once using. 

Prom the Pine we have also made the 

PINE NEEDLE LINIMENT 

Rheumatism, Backache, Neuralgia, Sore ITiroat, Croup, Colds 
or Sprains have no place in the home where there is a bottle of this 
healing extract of the woods. 

Grocers and Druggists sell this Liniment for 25 cents. 

Both Salve and Liniment are guaranteed under the Pure Food 
and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, and are absolutely pure and 
harmless. 

If your dealer does not keep them, send us his name, and we will 
see you are supplied. 

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